Statistical methods
Statistical analyses were conducted in JMP® Pro, Version 14.0.0 (SAS
Institute Inc., Cary, NC, 2018) using a two-sided p-value of 0.05 for
significance. Patient characteristics were reported as mean [range]
for continuous variables and as frequency (percent) for categorical
variables. Univariate analyses used Student’s t test or Wilcoxon
non-parametric test for continuous variables, and Pearson’s
χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test for dichotomous
variables.